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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 07:02 AM Oct 2021

Time for the timelines and theme for the October Photography contest!

Hello my lovelies.

I am running the October contest with the delightful HAB911 providing the theme and he has come up with a humdinger! Drum roll please



"Roadscapes, rural or urban, old or new"

Additional clarification from HAB: ‘’My thinking is if the road surface itself is not visible, it should be obvious it is a road as would be the case of a bridge.’’

He acknowledges that there may be further questions on the theme so ask away and he will be around to answer them.

Timelines are as follows:

Contest will open on the 13th of October (next Wednesday) and remain open for one week. That gives you 8 days to get out there and find the most splendid road possible! As always let’s try and get 30 original entries – which you all know means I will be irritatingly frequent in my reminders about the comp.
Second round of voting will open on the 21st of October and remain open for 3 days, with the finals being posted on 24th October and the winner being announced on 27th!

Get snapping and see you on the 13th!

Soph x


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Time for the timelines and theme for the October Photography contest! (Original Post) Soph0571 Oct 2021 OP
K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Oct 2021 #1
Woo hoo! Grumpy Old Guy Oct 2021 #2
Great theme, dear Soph! I'll have to see what I've got! ♥ CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2021 #3
Kick! Grumpy Old Guy Oct 2021 #4
Good idea! elleng Oct 2021 #5
Is this more the roadway itself or things beside it? sinkingfeeling Oct 2021 #6
I would say......... HAB911 Oct 2021 #7
A comment on the subject for this month HAB911 Oct 2021 #8
K&R! Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2021 #9
Please do! This one looks like a lot of fun. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2021 #10

HAB911

(8,890 posts)
7. I would say.........
Thu Oct 7, 2021, 08:51 PM
Oct 2021

if it is obviously something strictly associated with a roadway, ie a highway sign, guardrail, or other normal highway bling, that would be acceptable. We just need to instinctively understand it's a roadway.

Hope that helps

HAB911

(8,890 posts)
8. A comment on the subject for this month
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 07:54 AM
Oct 2021

This perhaps will open things up a bit for everyone.

Being an artistic endeavor, the entries should be the artist’s interpretation and vision of the subject, “Roadscapes, rural or urban, old or new”.

In voting, the larger audience of members will pass their judgement on the appropriateness and applicability of that vision. I certainly do not have a firm grip on the judgements of that larger audience sometimes, but that's what makes it fun!

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